GTT bags tank gig for CMA CGM’s LNG-powered containerships

French LNG containment giant GTT has secured an order from HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering to design the tanks of CMA CGM's 12 LNG-powered containerships.

Under these new orders, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and HD Hyundai Samho (HSHI) will each build six containerships.

Each ship will have a capacity of 15,500 teu and integrate LNG tanks with a total volume of 12,700 cbm, according to GTT.

These tanks will incorporate GTT’s Mark III Flex membrane containment system, while deliveries of the vessels are scheduled between the second quarter of 2027 and the second quarter of 2028, GTT said.

Using LNG as fuel ensures compliance with regulations on emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, CO2, and particulate matter, according to GTT.

For instance, GTT estimates that choosing LNG to power a large 15,000-teu containership saves around 25,000 tonnes of CO2 per year compared with heavy fuel oil propulsion.

LNG Prime reported on July 15, citing shipbuilding sources that CMA CGM, one of the world’s largest backers of LNG as fuel, has ordered 12 LNG dual-fuel container vessels at two yards owned by South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai.

HD KSOE said in two separate fillings to the stock exchange that HD Hyundai Samho and HD Hyundai Heavy will each build six containerships for an unidentified European company.

Moreover, the group said each order has a price tag of about 1.84 trillion won or 3.68 trillion won for the 12 vessels.

This equals about $2.66 billion or some $222 million per vessel.

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